Former Maryland bishop pleads guilty in fatal hit-and-run

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

US | Tue Sep 8, 2015 8:10pm EDT

Former Maryland bishop pleads guilty in fatal hit-and-run

BY JOHN CLARKE

A former Maryland Episcopal bishop faces 10 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to texting and drunken driving in a hit-and-run accident that killed a cyclist, according to her attorney.

Heather Cook, 58, the first female bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, pleaded guilty one day before she was to stand trial on charges of automobile manslaughter, drunken driving, texting while driving and leaving the scene of a fatal accident, according to attorney Jose Molina.

Prosecutors will ask that Cook serve 10 years prison when she is sentenced Oct. 27, Molina said.

Cook veered into a bike lane in suburban Baltimore and crashed her sports utility vehicle into Tom Palermo, 41, killing him, on Dec. 27, according to prosecutors.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/09/us-usa-maryland-bishop-idUSKCN0R900720150909

[mindwalker_i]

1. Aw sone of a bishop!

[AtheistCrusader]

2. Shame she didn't wrap her car around a tree instead of turning a cyclist

Into a hood ornament.

10 years seems a little light since she may well have killed him twice, once by hitting him, and once by fleeing the scene instead of using her PHONE to summon aid.

More important that she evade responsibility, you see.

Fine upstanding person, eh?

[trotsky]

3. She'll probably be out in 5 or less.

For killing someone. And as you note, it would be even worse if the victim could have been saved with timely medical care.

But at least she doesn't have any Sam Harris books!